Written answers
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Department of Education and Skills
Departmental Agencies
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students' grants applications that have been processed by Student Universal Support Ireland for the past three months broken down on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55008/12]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The table attached provides a breakdown of the number of student grant applications processed by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), on a weekly basis since September. It is broken down into new application assessment, which is the first step in assessing an application received, and pack assessment which includes the supporting documentation subsequently received. This information has been provided to my Department by SUSI.
Number of Student Grant Applications Processed by SUSI - September to December
| Week | *New Application Assessment | **Pack Assessment | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/09 - 09/09 | 5,470 | 458 | 5,928 |
| 10/0 9- 16/09 | 3,300 | 1,287 | 4,587 |
| 17/09 - 23/09 | 3,098 | 1,667 | 4,765 |
| 24/09 - 30/09 | 817 | 1,892 | 2,709 |
| 01/10 - 07/10 | 409 | 2,195 | 2,604 |
| 08/10 - 14/10 | 180 | 2,571 | 2,751 |
| 15/10 - 21/10 | 342 | 3,552 | 3,894 |
| 22/10 - 28/10 | 178 | 4,050 | 4,228 |
| 29/10 - 04/11 | 85 | 3,182 | 3,267 |
| 05/11 - 11/11 | 392 | 3,764 | 4,156 |
| 12/11 - 18/11 | 1,625 | 3,900 | 5,525 |
| 19/11 - 25/11 | 1,695 | 3,850 | 5,545 |
| 26/11 - 02/12 | 1,675 | 5,991 | 7,666 |
| Total | 19,266 | 38,359 | 57,625 |
*New application Assessment = Assessment of new applications received.
** Pack Assessment = Assessment of applications where documentation has been received.
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff currently working on clearing the backlog of student grant applicaitons in Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55010/12]
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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In total, there is now 96 staff working in Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), 33 of which are permanent and 63 of which are temporary. To date 149 temporary staff have been approved in the outsourced company, engaged by SUSI, to support the processing of student grants. There are currently 143 of these staff in place. 6 persons who recently left are being replaced. In addition, officials in my Department have been providing assistance to SUSI on an on-going basis.
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